Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

How to Succeed in a New CMO Role: Lessons from Top Health Care Marketing Leaders

Kathy Smith, vice president and chief marketing and digital officer, Roper St. Francis Healthcare

// By Wendy Margolin // What a new CMO accomplishes in the first three months on the job can make or break their legacy. Three seasoned CMOs joined a panel at the 2025 Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit to share how they started in their roles and what really works when stepping into the top marketing job.